Devalok

Stories 2

All kinds Origin Legend Local story Folk tale From the epics Festival story Temple legend In stone and bronze How a tradition frames it
Everywhere Pan-India 240 South India 81 West India 37 East India 37 North India 28 The Himalaya 17 Northeast India 8 Southeast Asia 6 Central India 5 Sri Lanka 1
✕ cosmic egg cursesacrificedevotionpridebooncreationdisguisemarriagetestbirthsupremacybargaindeathfirehealingpenancerescuepilgrimagerivercraftfestivaldancegiftrivalryearthemanationfriendshipnightdesirefear
Origin · 2 tellings · contested

Brahma is born in the golden egg

A golden egg forms in the waters and glows like the sun.

Brahma

Pan-India

Origin · 2 tellings · contested

The golden womb and Prajapati

Before the gods there are only the primordial waters.

Prajapati, Brahma

Pan-India